Your All Things Plants weekly news: October 19, 2013

There were 14 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By Char October 19, 2013 Dividing Daylilies, Overcoming the Fear of Separation There is nothing more glorious than a large daylily clump in full bloom. At some point these large daylily clumps will need to be divided. The most common question I hear from garden visitors after “when does my daylily need to be divided” is “how do I divide my daylily?” (1,052 words - Read the full article) (4 comments)

By Newyorkrita October 19, 2013 Scapes and Stalks Did you know that daylilies bloom on scapes while irises bloom on stalks? (4 comments)

By Newyorkrita October 18, 2013 Daylilies in a Cottage Garden A daylily photo tour of my cottage garden daylily beds. (272 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By chalyse October 18, 2013 Potted Daylilies: Trimming Roots When, how and with what can you safely divide your awesome daylilies? What follows is a group-generated article to give you some food for thought, some general directions (which you can adjust for your own circumstances), and some links at the bottom to other helpful articles, including the most responsive place to ask questions specific to your needs - the Daylily Forum on All Things Plants! (1,401 words - Read the full article) (6 comments)

By dave October 17, 2013 ATP Podcast #39: Daylilies Week with Melanie Mason We continue to celebrate Daylilies Week with an interview with daylily hybridizer Melanie Mason. (51 words - Read the full article) (one comment)

By Newyorkrita October 17, 2013 Daylilies and Spring Bulbs: the Perfect Combination Now that it is fall, it is time to plant your spring bulbs. And what better place to add spring bulbs than in your daylily beds? Be sure to add some bulbs in and around your daylily gardens. (402 words - Read the full article) (18 comments)

By ARoseblush October 16, 2013 "Summer Is the 4th of July" (Growing Daylilies in zone 4b) As Vermonters, we have an expression that connotes the meaning of summer: "Summer is the 4th of July." On either side of this date, "expect the unexpected." The weather temps can range from 90 degree daytime heat to 40 degrees at night from June through August. In September, temps range anywhere from the mid-60s in the day to an occasional hard frost at night. (724 words - Read the full article) (13 comments)

By Newyorkrita October 16, 2013 Ditch Lilies en Masse Common ditch lilies are an effective landscape tool for erosion control and summer blooms. (25 comments)

By spunky1 October 15, 2013 Growing Daylilies Anywhere with a Soilless Mix If you have ever purchased a plant from a nursery or big box store, you know they are grown in something other than soil. You can do the same at your house. (339 words - Read the full article) (29 comments)

By tink3472 October 15, 2013 Easy Guide to Planting Daylily Proliferations Here in the South we can get blooming-size proliferations on the scape before we cut them to plant. There are several methods of doing this, and I'll show you how we do it in our garden. (589 words - Read the full article) (9 comments)

By Newyorkrita October 14, 2013 Add Bulb Lilies to Your Daylily Garden and Add Height By planting Asiatic Lilies in your beds among your daylilies, you will add height and visual interest even before those daylilies bloom. Asiatics are early-blooming lilies, which bloom before most daylilies have started blooming for the season. It is easy to make room for the Asiatic Lilies because they are tall and skinny. (54 words - Read the full article) (13 comments)

By Char October 14, 2013 A Simple Fix for Leaning Daylily Scapes With a few simple steps and a little practice, you can have a nearly invisible fix to keep weak leaning daylily scapes upright, displaying perfect blooms. (417 words - Read the full article) (29 comments)

By tink3472 October 13, 2013 All About Daylily Shows Did you know that there are Daylily shows held each year throughout the United States? Here's a sneak peek at what you might expect to see at one. (613 words - Read the full article) (9 comments)

By ShadyGreenThumb October 13, 2013 Those Very Special Lilies I have five or six very special lilies that have been with me since before my first child was born 24 years ago. I am sure they have a botanical name, a very special cultivar name, and all that. However, I only know that they came from a Daylily farm in Pearland, TX. (153 words - Read the full article) (one comment)

The most popular images last week from our plant database: Photo of Lily (Lilium catesbaei) by treehugger: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Wild and Wacky') by floota: Photo of Peruvian Apple (Cereus repandus) by plantladylin: Photo of Iris (Iris 'Toronto') by KentPfeiffer: Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Tuscany Skies') by floota: Photo of Dunce's Cap (Orostachys malacophylla var. iwarenge) by SleepyStar:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week: Multi-plant photo by shirleythompson: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by treehugger: Multi-plant photo by Paul2032: Multi-plant photo by shirleythompson: Multi-plant photo by TBGDN:

Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

10 people gave for the idea "A Simple Fix for Leaning Daylily Scapes" by Char 5 people gave for the idea "Growing Daylilies Anywhere with a Soilless Mix" by spunky1 4 people gave for the idea "Add Bulb Lilies to Your Daylily Garden and Add Height" by Newyorkrita 4 people gave for the idea "Easy Guide to Planting Daylily Proliferations" by tink3472 4 people gave for the idea "Potted Daylilies: Trimming Roots" by chalyse 3 people gave for a post in "2013 seed collecting" by CarolineScott 3 people gave for a post in "Wow!" by beckygardener 3 people gave for the idea ""Summer Is the 4th of July" (Growing Daylilies in zone 4b)" by ARoseblush 2 people gave for a post in "Banner for October 18, 2013 by Newyorkrita" by Newyorkrita 2 people gave for the idea "Wildflowers in Europe" by JonnaSudenius

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
OT - The Porch Swing	daylily	Daylilies forum	201
Plant Weeks 2014	Trish	Site Talk forum	92
And the winners are...!	dave	The Daylilies Week Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!	42
We finally have a little rain and a lot of leaves	Bubbles	Tropicals forum	30
Wow!	plantladylin	Growing Daylilies Anywhere with a Soilless Mix	28
Don't you love October?	canadanna	Texas Gardening forum	27
Fabulous tip	Newyorkrita	A Simple Fix for Leaning Daylily Scapes	26
Musing about Compost	RickCorey	All Things Gardening forum	24
Does anyone grow un-named daylilies?	beckygardener	Daylilies forum	23

Some new recommendations from our members:

mcash70 recommended Royal Colors Amaryllis and wrote: I first contacted the Royal Colors Amaryllis bulb company on September 18th, 2013, to inquire whether they ship bulbs to Canada. They were very prompt in replying that they did. I then ordered 4 bulbs to be sent at the end of September. I received an e-mail from them, saying that the bulbs were shipped on October 2nd, 2013. The bulbs arrived on October 15th -- Charisma, Stardust, Sweet Nymph, and Violetta. I was very pleased with the size and quality of the bulbs. I was very impressed with their service and will order from them again in the future.

Some numbers from last week:

• 56 new members.
• 162 new threads.
• 3,393 new posts.
• 1,174 new images to the plant database.
• 65 new comments in the plant database.
• 20 new Multi-Plant photos.